Great sketch pad/sequencer/and a fine drum machine to boot. PCM is a little blah and sounds will get kind of muddy if you use all 8 tracks, but for the money its a real bargain.. 4 marks, 1 off for sound quality. Maybe it is not the best piece of equipment around, but it's cheap, and playing with it is certainly more fun than just watching the telly.

Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Monday-Mar-04-2002 at 04:54

Chemicalsisters
a professional user
from Japan
writes:

Know it's not the best grooveboxes around these days but something less than $300 is really a great bargain for a groovebox that i've done miracles with.

Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Monday-Mar-04-2002 at 04:53

Gabriel rossi
a professional user
from USA
writes:

I like the ease of the mc-303 but it tends to be restricting. I don't like being told what sounds to use. All the music out there is starting to sound the same. If this keeps up, (with the help of roland dumping all the same gear with the same sounds on the market and ruining the originality of the performer), techno will soon be known as muzak. The D-beam is cool and all but it is just too easy. Lets go back to the late eighties with hardware sequencers and a sampler. Thats where its at!! thanks. gabe

Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Monday-Mar-04-2002 at 04:50

Bargainboy
a hobbyist user
from NYC
writes:

8 track sixteen step and real-time sequence programming (for drum and synth sounds), and a half decent sound engine all for around $500 (now under $300) is really an amazing thing considering these are almost all of the concepts you need to be familiar with before you get into the big power. I admit, mine is gathering dust now, but it did serve its purpose, and i still occasionally pull it out at gigs to play some of my older tracks that I sequenced on it. An extremely under-rated machine, but definately not a TB-303.

Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Monday-Mar-04-2002 at 04:49

NeverGiveUp
from RolandCraze
writes:

I'm so sad to have read all the bad bad reviews & rating given to this powerful machine. These ppl should take some effort studying the manual.After mastering it,you'll never let it go again.